Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the region of 8,500 serving and ex-service members of the Forces marched that day , and I felt privileged to be among them . |
| 2 | Alan Murray ( 29 ) , of Garryduff Road , Ballymoney , who pleaded guilty to being in the UVF , received a three-year jail sentence , suspended for three years . |
| 3 | Here for instance is her rendering of Emma Woodhouse 's thoughts , having just received a most unwelcome proposal of marriage from Mr Elton whom she had supposed to be in love with her protégée , Harriet , as a result of her own matchmaking contrivances : |
| 4 | As much as she wanted Kirsty to be with her , she could see that she might be better off with Jake . |
| 5 | We felt elated to be on the move again . |
| 6 | After a long hot journey we had not paid much attention to our surroundings and it seemed unbelievable to be in Germany at last . |
| 7 | What it felt like to be on the receiving end of such operations and the hammering which the landscape endured in those early years of the nineteenth century are painfully conveyed by another poet whose roots were in the East Midlands . |
| 8 | It felt strange to be in possession of two hats . |
| 9 | And she had to confess , much as she hated to , that it felt nice to be on amicable terms with Jake . |